A manual transfer and lift garment allowing a caregiver to easily maneuver a patient from one position to another without direct caregiver contact with the patient's torso, arms, or legs, said garment comprising:
- a vest having a front exterior surface, a front interior surface, and a back exterior surface, said vest also having two armholes, a front closure with closed positioning allowing said vest to have a torso-surrounding orientation, and a neck opening the front portion of which has a V-shaped configuration when said front closure adopts said closed positioning;
- an elongated horizontally-extending strap secured in part via circular and non-circular stitching to said front exterior surface and also to said back exterior surface at a spaced-apart distance below said armholes, said horizontally-extending strap further having two opposed ends and substantially enwrapping said vest with each of said opposed ends positioned adjacent to said front closure, said areas between said circular stitching without said non-circular stitching forming two side horizontally-extending and non-length-adjustable hand grip components and one back horizontally-extending and non-length-adjustable hand grip component;
- two elongated vertically-extending straps each having opposite ends, said vertically-extending straps each secured in part via circular and non-circular stitching bilaterally to said front exterior surface and said back exterior surface between a different one of said armholes and said neck opening, and also with said areas between said circular stitching without said non-circular stitching on each said vertically-extending strap forming four vertically-extending and non-length-adjustable hand grip components, two of said four becoming front hand grip components and two of said four becoming back hand grip components, said horizontally-extending strap also overlaying said opposite ends of said two elongated vertically-extending straps with said non-circular stitching securing said horizontally-extending strap to said front exterior surface and said back exterior surface, while concurrently securing said opposite ends of said two elongated vertically-extending straps to said front exterior surface and said back exterior surface;
- an upper inner contour strap and a lower inner contour strap each having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end of said upper inner contour strap secured to said front interior surface of said vest at least in part by said non-circular stitching between said front hand grip components on one of said vertically-extending straps, said proximal end of said lower inner contour strap secured to said front interior surface of said vest at least in part by said circular stitching on one of said vertically-extending straps that is adjacent most in position to said horizontally-extending strap, said upper and said lower inner contour straps having horizontally-extending positioning during use to tighten said front vest material around a torso and achieve a tapered and secure fit of said vest around the patient while extending in part behind said front closure;
- an upper pair of inner D-rings with at least one locking tab and a lower pair of inner D-rings with at least one locking tab, said upper pair of inner D-rings secured to said front interior surface of said vest at least in part by said non-circular stitching between said front hand grip components on the one of said vertically-extending straps in a position remote from said vertically-extending strap associated with said upper inner contour strap, said lower pair of inner D-rings secured to said front interior surface of said vest at least in part by said circular stitching on the one of said vertically-extending straps in a position remote from said vertically-extending strap associated with said lower inner contour strap, said upper and said lower pairs of inner D-rings respectively having positioning allowing engagement with said distal ends of said upper and said lower inner contour straps;
- an upper exterior contour strap and a lower exterior contour strap each having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end of said upper exterior contour strap secured to said back exterior surface of said vest at least in part by said non-circular stitching between said back hand grip components on one of said vertically-extending straps, said proximal end of said lower exterior contour strap secured to said back exterior surface of said vest at least in part by said circular stitching on one of said vertically-extending straps that is adjacent most in position to said horizontally-extending strap, said upper and said lower exterior contour straps having horizontally-extending positioning during use to tighten said back vest material around a torso and achieve a tapered and secure fit of said vest around the patient while extending between said two vertically-extending straps;
- an upper pair of exterior D-rings with at least one locking tab and a lower pair of exterior D-rings with at least one locking tab, said upper pair of exterior D-rings secured to said back exterior surface of said vest at least in part by said non-circular stitching between said back hand grip components on the one of said vertically-extending straps in a position remote from said vertically-extending strap associated with said upper exterior contour strap, said lower pair of inner D-rings secured to said back exterior surface of said vest at least in part by said circular stitching on the one of said vertically-extending straps in a position remote from said vertically-extending strap associated with said lower exterior contour strap, said upper and said lower pairs of inner D-rings respectively having positioning allowing engagement with said distal ends of said upper and said lower exterior contour straps;
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- two elongated angled reinforcement straps each having a first opposing end and a second opposing end, said first opposing end of each said angled reinforcement strap secured to said front exterior surface of said vest at least in part by said non-circular stitching between said front hand grip components on a different one of said vertically-extending straps while the adjacent most one of said vertically-extending straps overlays each said first opposing end helping to secure it to said front exterior surface, said second opposing end of each said angled reinforcement strap secured to said back exterior surface of said vest at least in part by a different one of said two areas of said non-circular stitching securing said horizontally-extending strap to said back exterior surface of said vest, said horizontally-extending strap overlays each said second opposing end helping to secure each said second opposing end to said front exterior surface and also laterally strengthen said back horizontally-extending hand grip component, with portions of each said angled reinforcement strap located between said first opposing end and said second opposing end extending in a downwardly direction from said front exterior surface of said vest to said back exterior surface of said vest while secured to said front and back exterior surfaces with non-circular stitching, wherein when said vest is worn by a patient with said front closure adopting said closed positioning to enwrap the patient's torso, said front and back hand grip components may be used by a caregiver in varying combinations for assisting patient ambulation to prevent falls, for patient movement and transfers, and to manually raise a patient from a seated position into a standing position, and further when said vest does not initially provide a tapered and secure fit around a patient appropriate for patient movement and transfers without injury to the patient or the patient's caregiver, at least one of said contour straps and one pair of said D-rings can be used in combination to achieve a tapered and secure fit of said vest around the patient.